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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Dreamworks Real Steel Coming to DVD & Bluray – $5 off Coupon inside
Coming soon to DVD & Bluray is Dreamworks Real Steel with Hugh Jackman. Presently Amazon has locked in Preorders for this movie with a $5 off coupon you can use. The price of the Bluray combo pack is a whopping $31.49 which I hope they lower!
For full details click here.
Here are some bonus fun facts from the movie:
- “Real Steel” is set in the near future, where robots have replaced boxers in the ring, and is directed by Shawn Levy (“Night at the Museum,” “Date Night”).
- “Real Steel” stars Hugh Jackman (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “The Prestige”) as Charlie Kenton, a financially strapped, risk-taking former boxer who now makes his living on an underworld robot boxing circuit, operating the metal pugilists that made his human profession obsolete.
- The robots each have a distinctive look, personality and color scheme and range in size from 7’6” to 8’5” in height. Based on human form, they each have two legs, two arms, a torso and a head—with the exception of a two-headed bot aptly named “Twin Cities.”
- In addition to their distinctive personas, every robot has a specific sound personality. When a robot lands a punch there’s a sound specific to his skeletal material, his mechanisms, his bulk and his mass and there’s also an aura sound so that just merely by being turned on every robot has a whir or a whoosh or an engine hum or the sound or a computer.
- Evangeline Lilly (“Lost”), who plays Bailey, never saw herself making a boxing film, but when she read the heartfelt script she was won over.
- Toronto-native Dakota Goyo was chosen from thousands of 10-year-old boys who auditioned for the role of Max, Hugh Jackman’s on-screen son, as part of an international casting search.
- Filming the robot boxing scenes was done with both motion-capture technology and practical-built, full-scale robots. The motion-capture elements were performed and shot months earlier on a stage in Los Angeles. Fighters were put in the ring wearing data-capturing jumpsuits and as they fought, their motions were converted into robot avatars in the computer and instantaneously appeared on the monitors on set. Then, during principal photography, the filmmakers lined up their cameras on an empty ring and the motion-capture data streamed through their cameras, allowing them to watch and frame the robot fighting in the ring in real time.
- Sugar Ray Leonard was hired by the filmmakers to serve as the film’s boxing consultant and to train Hugh Jackman for his appearance in the ring.
- “Real Steel” costume designer Marlene Stewart created a wardrobe for Hugh Jackman’s character Charlie that was inspired by looks from the 1960s, drawing from rugged Americana styles. Even his sunglasses are retro.
- In “Real Steel” there is a clear delineation between the two worlds of robot boxing. There is the official league (the WRB); it’s corporate sponsored, with big money, sanctioned venues and strict rules. Then there is the underworld, which has unsanctioned venues, with no rules, no restrictions—the robots fight to the death.
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D23 Members are invited to an exclusive event December 3 at Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney Anaheim
Members of Disney’s official fan club are invited to partake once again in a sweet holiday tradition. Kids of all ages are invited to partake in this festive and fun tradition of building and decorating gingerbread houses at Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen in the Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort with Jazz Kitchen Executive Chef Darrin Finkel. December 3, 2011 is a day reserved just for D23 Members! Plus, D23 Members can receive extra savings and special treats.
The workshop kicks off with each participant receiving a chef hat and being named “chef for the day.” Next, Chef Darrin Finkel leads an interactive demonstration on the proper assembly of gingerbread houses. Then, the good stuff! You can decorate your gingerbread house with several handfuls of holiday candy personally procured by Santa’s elves. Finally, in the spirit of the season and in recognition of the participants’ hard work, Santa will pay a surprise visit and hand out commemorative gifts to all attendees.
And don’t forget, D23 Member’s always receive 10% off their meals at the Jazz Kitchen and all Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group venues, just by showing their D23 Membership card! Click here for more information (Discount does not apply to registration for this event.)
What: Holiday Gingerbread House Building Workshop
Who: Kids of all ages! (An adult must accompany children under 12)
When: Saturday, December 3, 2011, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Price: Exclusive price is $43.00 per Gingerbread Kit and 2 seats (+tax)—a savings of $5.00! (Price includes gingerbread house and candy, chef hats, unlimited sodas, and two seats.) Additional seats can be purchased for only $10.00 (+tax)
Exclusive for D23 Members only and available only on December 3:
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10% off all food orders
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Jingle bell
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Special goodie from your friends at D23
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Date exclusive to D23 Members only
Additional opportunities:
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D23 Members may also reserve two houses and four seats for $80.00 (+tax)
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Additional seats may be purchased for $10.00 per seat
Tickets: D23 Members may begin making reservations starting Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Reservations must be made through the Sales Office, Monday—Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 714-776-5200 through Bruno Duarte.
***Advance Payment by credit card required for reservation confirmation***
***Refunds given only with a 72 hour notice from date selected***
***Valid D23 Membership number required when making reservation***
***Phone lines will be busy, please remain on hold***
NOTE: Available only to D23 Members in good standing. Valid D23 Member number required during time of reservation. Above date not valid to AP holders. Space is limited. For entry, members must present a valid photo ID AND D23 MEMBERSHIP CARD. D23 Members who do not bring their membership card may not be admitted to the event. All D23 Special Events are subject to change without notice. Jazz Kitchen will not be responsible for the assembly, holding or transporting of Gingerbread houses.
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ABC Family Casts Chelsea Kane In “Baby Daddy” Pilot
ABC Family announces that Chelsea Kane, best known for being a finalist on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” and who stars in Disney Channel’s “Jonas” as Stella and in the upcoming ABC Family movie musical, “Elixir” (working title), has been cast as Penny in the new half-hour comedy pilot, “Baby Daddy.” Kane joins previously announced cast including Derek Theler (“90210”) and Cameron Deane Stewart (“Justice for Natalie Holloway”).
Baby Daddy,” a half-hour comedy from executive producer Dan Berendsen (“The Nine Lives of Chloe King,” “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” and “Hannah Montana: The Movie”), is about Ben (Stewart) who, in his 20s, becomes a surprise dad to a baby girl when she’s left on his doorstep by an ex-girlfriend. Ben decides to raise the baby with the help of his mother, his brother, Danny (Theler), his best buddy and his close female friend, Penny (Kane), who is harboring a secret crush on him.
Baby Daddy,” a multi-camera comedy, is scheduled to shoot in front of a live audience in December 2011 in Los Angeles.
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Puss in Boots – Shrek’s Kitty is Out of the Bag.
Puss in Boots, 2011
PUSS IN BOOTS (2011)
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek
Director: Chris Miller
Studio: DreamWorks Animation SKG
Genre: Kids/Family, Animation
Rating: PG
Grade: B
When Puss in Boots first showed up in Shrek 2 (2004), he was instantly adored by the millions of fans of the Shrek franchise. After two more Shrek installments, could a spin-off of the beloved kitty cat work? Can Puss carry a franchise of his own without the hilarious Ogre and dimwitted Donkey at his side? The answer is…well, maybe. I would have actually thought that if a Shrek character was going to get a spin-off, it would have been Donkey (Eddie Murphy), but I guess I was wrong. So, DreamWorks took the leap and here we are with the new animated adventure, Puss in Boots. Antonio Banderas is back as the voice of Puss, and he leads an assorted cast of delightful characters that include Kitty Softpaws (voiced by Salma Hayek) and Humpty Dumpty (voiced by Zach Galifianakis). In addition to these “original” characters (except for Humpty, of course), we brush shoulders with classic “fairy tale” icons such as Jack and Jill, Little Boy Blue and Jack (the Beanstalk guy). Puss is forced to reunite with Humpty, who had betrayed him in a previous life.
John Lasseter to be Honored with Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
John Lasseter, the two-time Academy Award®-winning director who creatively oversees all films and associated projects from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios (celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2011), will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony featuring guest speaker Bonnie Hunt, on November 1 at 11:30 a.m. in front of the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. John made his feature directorial debut in 1995 with Toy Story, the first-ever feature-length computer-animated film and, since then, has gone on to direct A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, and Cars. He returned to the driver’s seat this year, directing Cars 2.
His executive-producing credits include Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL•E, Bolt, and Up, the first animated film ever to open the Cannes Film Festival and the recipient of two Academy Awards®—for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score. John also served as executive producer for Disney’s Oscar®-nominated films The Princess and the Frog and Tangled as well as Pixar’s Academy Award-winner for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for Toy Story 3, based on a story written by John, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich.
John wrote, directed, and animated Pixar’s first short films, including Luxo Jr., Red’s Dream, Tin Toy, and Knick Knack. Luxo Jr. was the first three-dimensional computer-animated film ever to be nominated for an Academy Award when it was nominated for Best Animated Short Film in 1986; Tin Toy was the first 3D computer-animated film ever to win an Academy Award when it was named Best Animated Short Film in 1988. John has executive-produced all of the studio’s subsequent shorts, including Boundin’, One Man Band, Lifted, Presto, Partly Cloudy, Day & Night and the Academy Award-winning Geri’s Game and For the Birds.
Under John’s supervision, Pixar’s animated features and short films have earned numerous critical accolades and film-industry honors. John himself received a Special Achievement Oscar in 1995 for his inspired leadership of the Toy Story team. He and the rest of the Toy Story screenwriting team also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, the first time an animated feature had ever been recognized in that category.
In 2009, John was honored at the 66th Venice International Film Festival with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The following year, he became the first producer of animated films to receive the Producers Guild of America’s David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures. John’s other recognitions include the 2004 Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery award from the Art Directors Guild, an honorary degree from the American Film Institute, and the 2008 Winsor McCay Award from ASIFA-Hollywood for career achievement and contribution to the art of animation.
Prior to the formation of Pixar in 1986, John was a member of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm Ltd., where he designed and animated The Adventures of André & Wally B, the first-ever example of character-based 3D computer animation; and the computer-generated Stained Glass Knight character in the 1985 Steven Spielberg-produced film Young Sherlock Holmes.
John was part of the inaugural class of the Character Animation program at California Institute of the Arts, and he received his B.F.A. in film in 1979. He is the only two-time winner of the Student Academy Award for Animation, for his CalArts student films Lady and the Lamp (1979) and Nitemare (1980). His very first award came at the age of 5, when he won $15 from the Model Grocery Market in Whittier, California, for a crayon drawing of the Headless Horseman.
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